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American Canyon · Licensed center

Noah's Ark Christian School and Day Care

At a glance

  • Large center, licensed for 80 children.

What the state has found

The state cited no rules at any of its 4 licensing inspections since February 2022.

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Licensing inspections

  • Jul 31, 2026Nothing cited
  • Aug 20, 2024Nothing cited
  • Mar 14, 2023Nothing cited
  • Feb 9, 2022Nothing cited

The state cited no rules at any of this center's 4 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected 4 times had at least one: 59% of 569.

How all 569 Bay Area centers inspected 4 times compare

Of the 569 Bay Area centers the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None41%This center
  • 1 of 438%
  • 2 of 415%
  • 3 of 46%
  • All 41%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit
July 31, 2026
On file
4 visits since February 2022 — all of them cited nothing · 2 complaint investigations
Most serious
No finding carrying a severity level in the last 24 months.

California CDSS publishes the full investigation narrative for a complaint, including its disposition, and classifies a citation Type A — an immediate risk to a child — or Type B.

Jul 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited
Aug 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Mar 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited
Dec 2022 Complaint Unsubstantiated

Complaint · December 8, 2022

ALLEGATION(S): Staff yell at day care children Staff handled day care child in a rough manner Staff are operating out of ratio INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: A subsequent complaint investigation visit was made today by Licensing Program Analyst (LPA), S.P. who met with Director, C.B., for the purpose of delivering complaint investigation findings for the above allegations. LPA, E.H.T. previously met with Director on 12/12/2022 to initiate the investigation by discussing the allegations, conducting interview(s), making observations, and requesting documents. LPA, S.P. made a follow-up investigation visit on 03/03/2023, to conduct interviews and make observations. It was alleged that staff yell at day care children, specifically that the Director yelled at a child to get her attention, that staff handled day care child in a rough manner, specifically, that a staff member pushed a child’s hair back in an uncomfortable way when checking their temperature and that staff are operating out of ratio. The Director denied all allegations. At today’s inspection, the facility was toured inside and out. There were 43 children being supervised by 5 staff members at the facility during the time. (Continued on LIC 9099) Unsubstantiated Estimated Days of Completion:

State report

Feb 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited

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Details

Phone
(707) 644-6465
Address
2 Andrew Road, American Canyon, 94503
License
280100572

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All checked November 2026.

State record

The state’s licensing transparency data reports 2 complaint-related visit(s) to this facility, while 1 complaint investigation report(s) are published on the transparency portal. State complaint counts: substantiated=0, inconclusive=0, unsubstantiated=3, unfounded=CONFIDENTIAL, Type A citations=0, Type B citations=0. The state publishes no further detail for the difference.

From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.

Details

Large means the biggest quarter of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 76 to 312 children. Small is 8 to 30; medium is 31 to 75.

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